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| Pentagon Spox Kirby: Claims About Wokeness in the Military ‘Ridiculous' |
| 2022-02-01 |
| [Breitbart] On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that it was “ridiculous” to claim the U.S. military was too woke. Anchor Dana Perino asked, “Also, just more back here focusing on some criticism in the U.S. military, that perhaps there’s too much of a leftward tilt, or a wokeness in our military when we face really determined adversaries, committed adversaries in China, Russia, Iran, who maybe don’t have those same kinds of pressures. How do you respond to those criticisms?” Kirby said, “I think a lot of it, quite frankly, is driving a stake through a straw man here. This argument of wokeness in the military, I was in the military for 30 years, and I can tell you things like diversity and inclusion, that makes us a better military because it brings to the fore, in the decision-making, operational decision-making, that we conduct better ideas, more unique perspectives. Somebody else’s lived experiences which might actually make us smarter on the battlefield.” Bullshit Word Salad He added, “So those kinds of arguments — I think are ridiculous. because we are stronger military because of our diversity, and because we represent all Americans, just like we defend all Americans.” |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #12 /\ So is the US still a Republic or are we an Empire needing an Imperial Army? Hopefully the former. |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-02-01 19:55 |
| #11 /\ The military policy of the Roman Republic was according to Edward Luttwak "Paranoid Preemptive Self-Defense". Form up the "Citizen Army" march out and smash someone then return home like Cincinnatus. When you become an Empire things get different... |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-02-01 19:53 |
| #10 name a conquering army in history Viewing the US Army as a "conquering army" is the entire problem. It's not. It's for the defense of the USA. But - decades of neoconservatism and globalism have changed people's perceptions, especially in DC, and they do view the army's role as invading and conquering new territory. Much like Mussolini regarded his army. |
| Posted by: Sheter the Lesser9291 2022-02-01 19:16 |
| #9 Imo, kirby was a d!ldo while in uniform and continues to play one on TV. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2022-02-01 14:04 |
| #8 Every male member of my family on both paternal and maternal sides have served in the military. Covering all branches and every war. To include both sides of the civil war. Uncertain beyond that. That tradition has stopped with our children. Uncle Sam has squandered a dedicated resource, and I know that my family is not alone. |
| Posted by: Lowspark 2022-02-01 13:23 |
| #7 Check Exclusive – Aid Group: Nigeria the World’s ‘Epicenter of Jihadi Violence,’ Army Sending Unarmed Soldiers to Fight |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-01 12:39 |
| #6 Somebody else’s lived experiences which might actually make us smarter on the battlefield Heh, name a conquering army in history that operated on that premise. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-01 07:58 |
| #5 Somebody else’s lived experiences which might actually make us smarter on the battlefield. — Says the guy who just lost to a bunch of goat herders. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2022-02-01 06:09 |
| #4 Affirmative Action Generals. Think about that for a bit. Would you want your kid serving under a general who got there because if the color of their skin or their Gender? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2022-02-01 01:32 |
| #3 "lived experiences" = "blue check here, I'm Woke" |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-01 01:01 |
| #2 Somebody else’s lived experiences which might actually make us smarter on the battlefield. This is 100% pure Critical Theory here. No question about it. |
| Posted by: Sheter the Lesser9291 2022-02-01 00:25 |
| #1 BLUF: We're boned |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-02-01 00:15 |